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Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Arm the Children

Bonus Tracks
  • Channeling religious-right pseudo-historian David Barton(link is external), Glenn Beck claims(link is external) that the Constitution "doesn't cite specific Bible verses" because "it didn't need to": "Americans of that era knew the Bible well [enough] to understand all of the references." His "evidence" is not convincing.
  • In 2007, gun activists called for(link is external) Pennsylvania state Rep. Angel Cruz to be "hung from the tree of liberty" for introducing a bill requiring gun owners to register their weapons and pay a $10 fee. Teddy Daniels, a MAGA candidate who recently ran for lieutenant governor in the state, sees nothing wrong(link is external) with that: "When you go against the Constitution of the United States, yes, there should be consequences."
  • Shane Vaughn claims(link is external) that former President Donald Trump has not announced that he is running for president again because if Democrats maintain control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterms, "he would be impeached the first day after his inauguration."
  • Elijah Schaffer declares(link is external) that he defends minorities and fights for the marginalized, adding that "right now, nobody is more targeted than young, heterosexual white men."
  • Finally, DeAnna Lorraine thinks(link is external) she knows how to stop school shootings: "Arm our children."